Samoan Cyclone Steamer a Total Wreck Great Damage
Mr. E. E. Salmon, Australian agent for Messrs. Smyth and Carruthers, Ltd., Apia (Samoa), has received a cable stating that the damage caused…
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Probable Wreck Fate of Steamer the Samoan Hurricane
The auxiliary steamer Lady Roberts, which was driven ashore in Apia harbor during the recent hurricane, will probably be a total wreck. This news…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driven Ashore Barquentine Favell in Port Phillip Bay Melbourne
Caught in last night's fierce wind the Finnish barquentine Favell was driven ashore on a sandbank in Fort Phillip Bay 3½ miles from…
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The Finnish barquentine Favell which made a remarkable journey from Gothenburgh to Melbourne—in 81 days—caught the full force of…
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The steamer Poolta, which had been chartered by the Union Steamship Company to take 1610 tons of timber to Auckland, experienced crew trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Allenby Ashore at Adelaide Cheered in Streets Adelaide
Lord Allenby landed at the Outer Harbor from the R.M.S. Mongolia this morning, and will leave for Melbourne to-morrow night by train…
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The captain of the Japanese steamer, Yamato Maru, with twelve bags of mail, from Singapore, bound for Fremantle, reports that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The London" a Famous Shipwreck
ON January 11, 1866, sixty years ago to-morrow, the s.s. London was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, with the loss of nearly all her passengers and crew…
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"BILLY" BOOTH, the Rosehill "whale," is not even a "silvertail" these days. There was a time when anything…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barque Ashore. Towed Off by Tug. Melbourne
The barque Favell, drawing about 17ft of water, ran on to a Band bank in Port Phillip Bay, on the east side of the west channel, opposite Swan Island, at about 8 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Struck a Rock. Japanese Steamer. London, Jan. 8
A message from Batav[?]a states that the Japanese steamer Yamato Maru, with twelve bags of ma[?]l from Singapore to Fremantle, reports that it struck a rock near Banks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Struck a Rock Japanese Steamer Bound for Fremantle London, January 8
A Batavia message says that the Japanese steamer Yamato Maru, with 12 bags of mail, from Singapore to Fremantle, reports having struck a rock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Fog Schooner Sunk London
The Channel steamer Empress (2098 tons), during a dense fog, collided with and sank the wooden schooner John Gibson (104 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Steamer Boorara. Mishap to Machinery
According to advice received by the Australian Commonwealth Line, the steamer Boorara, en route from the United Kingdom to Australian ports,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Refuse to Pay Seamen and Levy Steamer Suva Affected
Trouble is likely to be met with at the Shipping Master's Office this morning. A crow will be sought for the Suva,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dashed on Rocks Trapped at Foot of Cliff Story of Shipwreck and Privation
Clement Williams waited sixty-one years for his life thrill. Then it came. It meant three days of starvation three days of intense privation and suffering on a narrow wind and sea swept ledge of rocks it the foot of the grim cliffs at North Head…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Canes of Nemesis Await Boy Raiders Wreckers at School
NO DOUBT it was a little daredevil who prompted some of his youthful disciples to adventure on heroic assault on that seat of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Angry Seamen Captain Manhandled on Japanese Steamer Brisbane
An affray, in which the captain of a vessel was manhandled by members of the crew, occurred on the Japanese steamer Chofuku…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Boorara. Making for Colombo
According to a message received in Sydney yesterday by the Australian Commonwealth Line, the steamer Boorara is now proceeding to Colombo under reduced speed, after completion of temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wrecked at Samoa
The auxiliary schooner Si[?]fal, whihe was wrecked by the recent hurricane at Samoa, was built at Auckland by Mr. C. Bailey, jun., to replace the auxiliary schooner Wave. The…
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